Maggots, Mucous and Monkey Meat: Does Disgust Sensitivity Affect Case Mix Seen During Residency?

The objective of this study was to determine whether emergenc yphysicians with higher disgust sensitivity see fewer “disgusting” cases during training.Methods: All EM residents at a midsize urban EM program were eligible to complete the DisgustScale Revised (DS-R). We preidentified cases as “disgust elicitors” based on diagnoses likely toinduce disgust due to physician exposure to bodily fluids, anogenital anatomy, or gross deformity.The “disgust elicitor” case percent was determined by “disgust elicitor” cases seen as the primaryresident divided by the number of cases seen thus far in residency. We calculated Pearson’s...
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research